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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004
Have a look under fire bowls rather than cups

Also, if you use a vessel that can contain the fuel and a fuel with low volatility, you can just light it up and use it that way. Careful not to spill! Alternatively, you can find some nice pewter bowls (or the like) and solder/weld on a wick wrapped in kevlar.

Time to get creative!

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004
Thanks for the hint, I'll see what i can come up with.

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004
Check out the palm torches on www.bearclawmfg.com I think that's what your after.

Bowls of free fuel on fire being manipulated is asking for trouble. The palm torches use wick.

Carefull not to spill is an understatement. your looking at perminant disfigurement and major hospital time to put it in perspective.

But continue to be creative

Cody Canon
Controlled Burn, Reno Nevada

Posted: 3rd Aug 2004
Those might work, but what I'm really looking for is actually a bowl with a flared bottom that you hold onto. In the bowl is a kevlar wick attatched or a sterno can that is then lit on fire. Although I've heard of people using liquid fire(no wick), I prefer to use the wick/sterno variety to avoid those nasty burns that spilling liquid can cause and yet get the same looking affect.

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004
We have a bellydancer in our group who ballances a flaming bowl on her head as she dances. She uses a simple kevlar poi head in the bowl. She uses fancy cotton fabric as insulation for her head. It works great. I'd really suggest some form of wicking. If I'm not mistaken sterno is liquid and has a weak visible flame. A frend of mine from Hollond used cotton balls and lamp oil in little bowls to form a perimeter.

Keep an eye out for a bowl that suits your needs you may find it at a supermarket, you never know. Or you may need to make it yourself in order to fulfill your needs.

Good luck.

Cody Canon
Controlled Burn, Reno Nevada

Posted: 3rd Aug 2004
Any suggestions on how I might insulate my hands from the heat. I would imagine that most metal bowls would transfer the heat down to the base fairly quickly, but the vid I saw of a belly dancer doing this showed no special type of gloves or insulator that I could see & her dance was about 5 min. long. I sure wish I could remember what site I saw that vid on!

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